Pickled Fish

Ingredients

• some very fresh mackerels
• three tablespoonfuls of vinegar
• three tablespoonfuls of olive oil
• a chopped onion
• a couple of bay leaves
• a pinch of saffron
• pepper
• salt

Method

1. 1

   Skin and bone the mackerels, cut into two-inch pieces.

2. 2

   Make a pickle with vinegar, olive oil, onion, bay leaves, saffron, pepper, and salt.

3. 3

   Soak fish in the pickle for 5-6 hours, then drain, place in a dish, cover with pounded herbs, and bake before serving cold.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Banquets of the nations (1911) by Robert H. Christie, page 43. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Pickled Fish) (Fried Sardines) Lascas Puchero Gofio (Fillet of Beef) (Stew) (Roast Maize) Palomas Salvajes-Ensalada (Wood Pigeons and Salad) Tomates de Huevos (Tomatoes and Eggs) Cabellos de Angel Torta de Almendras (Stewed Melon) (Almond Tart) Queso de Flor (Cheese) Fruta (Fruit) 86 CANARY ISLANDS Aperitivo. (Appetisers.; A liqueur glass of old rum. Periwinkles pickled in vinegar. Sliced sausage strongly flavoured with garlic and olives. Sopa de Mariscos. (Fish Soup.) Take the trimmings and bones of any white fish. Put them in a pot of water with a carrot, half a turnip, a leek or two, a couple of sliced onions, a head of celery, a couple of bay leaves, a bunch of sweet herbs, pepper and salt, and half a tumblerful of red wine. Boil and skim care- fully. Then boil for a couple of hours. Clear and strain. Add more water if the stock is too strong. Add some shelled shrimps, mussels, and pieces of crayfish. Add additional seasoning if necessary, also a half-tumblerful of white wine, and bring once more to the boil, and serve. Pescado en Escabeche. (Pickled Fish.) Take some very fresh mackerels ; skin and bone them. Divide into neat pieces of about two inches long. Make a pickle of vinegar and olive oil (three tablespoonfuls of each), a chopped onion, a couple of bay leaves, a pinch of saffron

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